By ethosinc on

Hello everyone!

I am rapidly getting up to speed on Drupal -- it's awesome -- but I've run into a few snags. I've tried searching the forums, but can't find the answers to these problems.

First, I can't figure out how to actually set up email for the system. One forum page said that I should use the SMTP module, so I downloaded it. When I installed it under the modules file, I lost my admin page (i.e. Internet Explorer gave me an error message). Looking closer, I found that the SMTP mailing module is for 5.0 only, and I have 5.1 installed. I've seen that a PHP mailer comes standard with Drupal, but I couldn't find anything (that I understood) that told me how to get the system up and running. If anyone can tell me in as simple language as possible, I would definitely appreciate it.

Second, I've experimented a little with installing modules, but am having some problems. I accidently installed the e-commerce module in the main module folder (instead of sites/all/modules, etc.). It asked me if I wanted to enable the module in Admin, but realizing my mistake, I deleted the module and put it back up under the folder sites/all/modules folder. Now it freezes up my admin again (like the SMTP module). Trying to install image modules (for 5.x) also freezes up my admin so that I get the Internet Explorer error message.

Did I mess things up by intially putting the module in the main system module file? If so, can I rectify it? Is there some other problem? Do the modules need special writing privledges like the initial install?

I'm running on a virtual server through Godaddy. I already have tinymce-5.x-1.x-dev and tinymce_2_1_0 files installed and working as a module. Could that be conflicting with the image and mail modules? I want to install the img_assist-5.x-1 and image-5.x-1.0 and ecommerce-5.x-3.0 modules on my Drupal 5.1 system.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Charles

⋅ Categories: Drupal 5.x

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US421 commented

Hi Charles,

I can help you out on a few things. First, Drupal 5.1 uses 5.0 modules. It was a security upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 not a change in process.

Putting modules in the sites/all/modules folder makes it easier once upgrade time rolls around, it just makes it easier for you to see what you have rather than having contrib and core modules all mixed together. They work the same in the /modules/ folder. If you never enabled the module in the admin section, it shouldn't make any difference that you moved it.

That is about as far as my experience takes us. I have no experience with virtual servers either, do they not have sendmail installed on the server and you have to use SMPT? Are you trying to set up a newsletter?

Might be helpful if you give us the exact error message IE is giving you.

Karen

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ethosinc commented

Karen,

Thanks for your message. It's good to know that I can use all of the 5.0 modules for a 5.1 system.

Here's the error message I get after installing a new module:

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Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.

What you can try:
Diagnose Connection Problems

More information

This problem can be caused by a variety of issues, including:

Internet connectivity has been lost.
The website is temporarily unavailable.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) is not reachable.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) does not have a listing for the website's domain.
If this is an HTTPS (secure) address, click Tools, click Internet Options, click Advanced, and check to be sure the SSL and TLS protocols are enabled under the security section.

For offline users

You can still view subscribed feeds and some recently viewed webpages.
To view subscribed feeds

Click the Favorites Center button , click Feeds, and then click the feed you want to view.

To view recently visited webpages (might not work on all pages)

Click Tools , and then click Work Offline.
Click the Favorites Center button , click History, and then click the page you want to view.

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It doesn't happen with every module (I have tinymce and token installed), but it happens with the other ones that I listed before. The only way to remove the error message is to delete the module via ftp.

Thanks for any suggestions you might have!

Charles